The Effect of the Integrative Interaction Style on Life Satisfaction among Widows

Abstract

The current study aims to know the integrative interaction style and its effect on life satisfaction among widowed women, determine the effectiveness of the integrative interaction style in developing life satisfaction among widows. The research community was widowed women teachers in the General Directorate of Education in Basra. 40 widows sample was selected randomly distributed by 20 experimental group and 20 control group. 100 widows sample for statistical analysis, and 12 sessions the number of counseling sessions. The researcher relied on the Mahmoud (2020) life satisfaction scale consisting of (28) paragraphs, and five alternatives, they were applies to me a lot, always applies to me, sometimes applies to me, rarely applies to me, never applies to me. It was presented to 16 experts and all of its paragraphs were acceptable. The stability of the scale was achieved by the test-retest method with a correlation coefficient of 0.991. The results showed that there is no statistically significant difference between the effectiveness of the integrated interaction guidance program in creating satisfaction with the lives of widowed women during the follow-up period. The integrated interaction method has an effective impact on developing life satisfaction among the study sample. This result is evident from the differences in the results of the pre- and post-test of the experimental group.